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20 May
2025

Parker Library Visit

CPS members view collection of medieval and renaissance manuscripts at the Parker Library at Corpus Christi College.

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14 May
2025

Call for abstracts for the next Research Café on AI & Research

Calling all researchers working with Artificial Intelligence! Submit your abstract NOW!

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01 January
2025

Follow us on Bluesky

The Cambridge Philosophical Society has recently expanded its presence on social media by joining Bluesky.

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24 September
2024

Department of Plant Sciences help re-create a 10th Century incense recipe

CPS Council member Professor John Carr helps to re-create a 10th Century recipe for incense from the collection of the Parker Library at Corpus Christi College.


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11 June
2024

Down House Visit

CPS members visit Down House, home to Charles Darwin where he wrote On the Origin of Species.

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30 May
2024

Human Anatomy Centre Visit

Society members visit the Human Anatomy Centre at the University of Cambridge

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What Did Viruses Ever Do For Us? The Evolution of “Good” Viruses

Professor John Carr - President of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

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Do Children and Other Animals Think Like Scientists?

Professor Marta Halina

  • 17:30 - 18:30 Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry Michaelmas Term Larmor Lecture
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